USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
January 30, 2012
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of Minnesota | 475 | (18) | 3 | 19-9-1 | 16 |
| 2 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 473 | (16) | 1 | 17-5-4 | 17 |
| 3 | Boston University | 394 | 2 | 15-8-1 | 14 | |
| 4 | Merrimack College | 376 | 5 | 14-5-5 | 16 | |
| 5 | Boston College | 332 | 8 | 16-10-1 | 17 | |
| 6 | University of Notre Dame | 320 | 4 | 15-10-3 | 17 | |
| 7 | Ferris State University | 317 | 12 | 17-8-3 | 12 | |
| 8 | University of Michigan | 278 | 9 | 15-9-4 | 13 | |
| 9 | UMass Lowell | 250 | 11 | 16-7-0 | 5 | |
| 10 | Ohio State University | 178 | 7 | 14-8-5 | 11 | |
| 11 | Colorado College | 150 | 10 | 14-9-1 | 17 | |
| 12 | Union College | 128 | 13 | 15-6-6 | 15 | |
| 13 | University of Denver | 118 | 15 | 15-8-3 | 16 | |
| 14 | Cornell University | 108 | 6 | 11-6-4 | 7 | |
| 15 | University of Maine | 60 | NR | 14-8-3 | 2 |
Others receiving votes: Western Michigan University 44, Miami University 34, University of North Dakota 24, Northern Michigan University 12, Colgate University 7, Rochester Institute of Technology 2.
